Monica Huegel
@huemon.bsky.social
Research consultant by day, something more mystifying and terrible by night. From AZ, in DC.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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how do you teach the next generation ‘checks and balances’ when no branch of government is meeting its obligations?
October 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
how do you teach the next generation ‘checks and balances’ when no branch of government is meeting its obligations?
Agree with Dave here, pay for oppo research people. We’re going to have to normalize it in primaries for this exact reason. Maybe Taylor did, maybe she didn’t, but she’s getting blowback as if she didn’t.
October 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Agree with Dave here, pay for oppo research people. We’re going to have to normalize it in primaries for this exact reason. Maybe Taylor did, maybe she didn’t, but she’s getting blowback as if she didn’t.
As another reminder, everything Trump does is for content.
This reminds me of a Trump campaign adviser back in December bragging about how all the cabinet picks were a "great cast of characters" and how wonderful the garbage truck/McDonalds drive-thru stunts went for the campaign. Everything they do is through the lens of entertainment.
reality show host president, podcast host vice president
September 30, 2025 at 3:03 AM
As another reminder, everything Trump does is for content.
This is Trump testing the waters. He can get away with a lot of things others can’t, but when he does get away with them it signals to others in the GOP that they can get away with it too. Expect a lot more of this in 2025 and 2026 campaigns if the media is too soft in response.
September 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This is Trump testing the waters. He can get away with a lot of things others can’t, but when he does get away with them it signals to others in the GOP that they can get away with it too. Expect a lot more of this in 2025 and 2026 campaigns if the media is too soft in response.
Here's a Monday-Money-In-Politics post for everyone. The top 5 independent expenditure groups in Virginia this year are spending more than $5.2 million. Of that, less than $500,000 is going to support Democrats. (via VPAP)
September 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Here's a Monday-Money-In-Politics post for everyone. The top 5 independent expenditure groups in Virginia this year are spending more than $5.2 million. Of that, less than $500,000 is going to support Democrats. (via VPAP)
Nexstar is set to acquire Tegna, a "transaction will increase Nexstar’s reach through the expansion of our presence in important DMAs such as Atlanta, Phoenix, Seattle, and Minneapolis..." Given what happened yesterday, this is cause for concern.
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Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Enters into Definitive Agreement To Acquire TEGNA Inc. for $6.2 Billion in Accretive Transaction | Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
Enhances Nexstar’s Position as a Leading Local Media Company Preserves High-Quality Local Journalism and Diversity of Opinion Strengthens Ability to
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September 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Nexstar is set to acquire Tegna, a "transaction will increase Nexstar’s reach through the expansion of our presence in important DMAs such as Atlanta, Phoenix, Seattle, and Minneapolis..." Given what happened yesterday, this is cause for concern.
www.nexstar.tv/nexstar-medi...
www.nexstar.tv/nexstar-medi...
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📣 I've also created a SECOND VA fundraising page focusing on the REDDEST districts in the state.
Most of these Dems won't win, but funding them means they can run competitive races & force VA Republicans to defend "safe" turf.
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Most of these Dems won't win, but funding them means they can run competitive races & force VA Republicans to defend "safe" turf.
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September 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
📣 I've also created a SECOND VA fundraising page focusing on the REDDEST districts in the state.
Most of these Dems won't win, but funding them means they can run competitive races & force VA Republicans to defend "safe" turf.
WE HAVE 62 DAYS. DONATE TODAY!
secure.actblue.com/donate/vaval...
Most of these Dems won't win, but funding them means they can run competitive races & force VA Republicans to defend "safe" turf.
WE HAVE 62 DAYS. DONATE TODAY!
secure.actblue.com/donate/vaval...
This is what it’s all been about for awhile now.
The BRICS are now trading more with one another than with America, and the gap is widening. China might be the biggest winner from Donald Trump’s reshaping of global commerce
Trump’s trade victims are shrugging off his attacks
And China is gaining in the process
econ.st
August 21, 2025 at 4:16 AM
This is what it’s all been about for awhile now.
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Has Trump ever even been to the Smithsonian? Any of them?
I mean, we know he's never been to the African American history museum because it would have been news.
I mean, we know he's never been to the African American history museum because it would have been news.
August 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Has Trump ever even been to the Smithsonian? Any of them?
I mean, we know he's never been to the African American history museum because it would have been news.
I mean, we know he's never been to the African American history museum because it would have been news.
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💫 NEW! Filing #FOIAs can get expensive — but it doesn’t have to be.
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5 Tips for Slashing FOIA Costs (Including How One Reporter Lowered a Records Request Fee from $2,800 to Just $29)
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August 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Here are 5 practical tips to help slash your #FOIA costs, from fee waivers to smart targeting: https://twp.ai/9PUABq
Here are 5 practical tips to help slash your #FOIA costs, from fee waivers to smart targeting: https://twp.ai/9PUABq
You don’t have to do your own research.
You can follow people who are good at research.
You can follow people who are professional researchers, people who have made research their entire personality!
You can follow people who are good at research.
You can follow people who are professional researchers, people who have made research their entire personality!
July 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
You don’t have to do your own research.
You can follow people who are good at research.
You can follow people who are professional researchers, people who have made research their entire personality!
You can follow people who are good at research.
You can follow people who are professional researchers, people who have made research their entire personality!
A sobering analysis of the past 10 years. It’s deeply frustrating to work on a campaign that cares about being factually accurate when the information ecosystem is wholly unprepared for campaigns and candidates and politicians that don’t care.
My final #FactChecker --> The Fact Checker rose in an era of false claims. Falsehoods are now winning. wapo.st/41kFq2G
Analysis | The Fact Checker rose in an era of false claims. Falsehoods are now winning.
Longtime Fact Checker Glenn Kessler takes stock as he departs The Washington Post.
wapo.st
July 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A sobering analysis of the past 10 years. It’s deeply frustrating to work on a campaign that cares about being factually accurate when the information ecosystem is wholly unprepared for campaigns and candidates and politicians that don’t care.
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TIRED: We need to build more data centers for AI to win the technology wars
WIRED: We need to build more bird sanctuaries for birds to win the technology wars
WIRED: We need to build more bird sanctuaries for birds to win the technology wars
Holy shit. This guy saved a PNG to a bird.
(he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...
(he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...
I Saved a PNG Image To A Bird
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
www.youtube.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
TIRED: We need to build more data centers for AI to win the technology wars
WIRED: We need to build more bird sanctuaries for birds to win the technology wars
WIRED: We need to build more bird sanctuaries for birds to win the technology wars
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the older i get the more i realize life's too damned short for uncomfortable shoes
July 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
the older i get the more i realize life's too damned short for uncomfortable shoes
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Retiring when his term ends to spend time with his family -- and create space for the next generation of leaders in Wisconsin! -- is worth celebrating. Congrats on an incredible tenure, Gov. Evers! More politicians should take their cues from you.
July 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Retiring when his term ends to spend time with his family -- and create space for the next generation of leaders in Wisconsin! -- is worth celebrating. Congrats on an incredible tenure, Gov. Evers! More politicians should take their cues from you.
Honestly it’s so embarrassing when a local news affiliate is owned by Sinclair.
July 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Honestly it’s so embarrassing when a local news affiliate is owned by Sinclair.
The “Abundance” agenda messaging is hard to miss here.
U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin outlined a middle-class-focused economic agenda for Democrats on Thursday, urging her party to take more seriously the dissatisfaction voters feel with their personal finances, reports @fischler.bsky.social.
Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin urges Democrats to refocus on middle-class issues • West Virginia Watch
U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin outlined a middle-class-focused agenda for Dems urging her party to take voters dissatisfaction more seriously.
westvirginiawatch.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The “Abundance” agenda messaging is hard to miss here.
My hot take - if you are running against her, don’t just run against Susan Collins. Run FOR Maine.
Quite the UNH poll of Maine:
Governor Janet Mills' favorability is 51/41
Senator Susan Collins' is ... 14/57.
Among independents, Collins' favorability is a startling 8/60.
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Governor Janet Mills' favorability is 51/41
Senator Susan Collins' is ... 14/57.
Among independents, Collins' favorability is a startling 8/60.
scholars.unh.edu/survey_cente...
June 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
My hot take - if you are running against her, don’t just run against Susan Collins. Run FOR Maine.
This is also describing DC
CNN Reporter in LA: There’s graffiti that says F Trump. The smell of weed is in the air.
June 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This is also describing DC
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who called it a birdwatching convention and not a wren fair
June 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
who called it a birdwatching convention and not a wren fair
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we could have had taco trucks on every corner
May 31, 2025 at 12:46 AM
we could have had taco trucks on every corner
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Unironically they should buy up the domains for about 60 defunct local newspapers in swing states. Hire two reporters to write almost exclusively about highschool sports and new restaurants opening with every 10th article about how the local GOP is screwing over people.
NEWS:
Democratic mega-donors are debating plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on a range of influencer plans to "find the liberal Rogan."
We've got pitch decks, investor meetings, and internal docs.
One Democrat has a spreadsheet of 26 different proposals.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...
Democratic mega-donors are debating plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on a range of influencer plans to "find the liberal Rogan."
We've got pitch decks, investor meetings, and internal docs.
One Democrat has a spreadsheet of 26 different proposals.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...
Democrats Throw Money at a Problem: Countering G.O.P. Clout Online
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Unironically they should buy up the domains for about 60 defunct local newspapers in swing states. Hire two reporters to write almost exclusively about highschool sports and new restaurants opening with every 10th article about how the local GOP is screwing over people.
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JUST IN: Judge Howell rules that the Trump/DOGE takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace was illegal and should be treated as null and void.
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May 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
JUST IN: Judge Howell rules that the Trump/DOGE takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace was illegal and should be treated as null and void.
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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She was honored by the DAR last year! “With a desire to connect all Americans to the Library of Congress, she improved and modernized its mission ‘to engage, inspire and inform Congress and the American people with a universal and enduring source of knowledge and creativity.’”
Breaking:
WASHINGTON (AP) — President fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as White House continues purge of perceived Trump opponents.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as White House continues purge of perceived Trump opponents.
May 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
She was honored by the DAR last year! “With a desire to connect all Americans to the Library of Congress, she improved and modernized its mission ‘to engage, inspire and inform Congress and the American people with a universal and enduring source of knowledge and creativity.’”